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Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer. He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'. He suggested to set up a cinema department: 'we bought an Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera." When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves. His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.
As director
Mon arbre
12 Days
Les Habitants
The 8th Floor
Journal de France
The Joy of Maths
La France de Raymond Depardon
Modern Life
Donner la parole
To Each His Own Cinema
Profils paysans : le quotidien
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
Untouched by the West
Chasseurs et Chamans
1974, une partie de campagne
Profils paysans : l'approche
Muriel Leferle
Paris
Bolivia
Amour
Afriques : comment ça va avec la douleur ?
Malraux
Lumière & Company
Concerning Nice
Caught in the Acts
Sida propos (ou Paroles d'appelés)
Face à la mer
Lest We Forget
Captive of the Desert
As actor
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Un Moment Si Doux
Journal de France
La rouge et la noire
Modern Life
Donner la parole
Profils paysans : le quotidien
Quoi de neuf au Garet?
Untouched by the West
Profils paysans : l'approche
Incognito
New York, N.Y.
Raymond Depardon: Fermes familiales
The Declic Years
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon